Guidance Documents
Guidance Documents
Component | Document | Issued | Posted | ID | Topic | Overview |
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Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights - Voting Section | Guide to State Voting Rules That Apply After a Criminal Conviction | May 19, 2022 | December 20, 2022 | DOJ-2041741 | Civil Rights |
This document is designed to help citizens to understand how the state-by-state rules about voting after a criminal conviction could apply to them. |
Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights - Disability Rights Section | AI Guidance | May 12, 2022 | August 1, 2022 | DOJ-1989501 | Civil Rights |
A guidance document that provides a broad overview of how employers’ use of artificial intelligence, algorithms, and other technologies in hiring and employment may result in unlawful discrimination against people with disabilities under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). |
Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights - Disability Rights Section | Opioid Crisis Guidance | April 5, 2022 | August 1, 2022 | DOJ-1989446 | Civil Rights |
This guidance document addresses how the Americans with Disabilities Act protects people with opioid use disorder (OUD) who are in treatment or recovery, including those who take medication to treat their OUD. |
Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights - Federal Coordination and Compliance Section | AAG Letter to State Attorneys General | March 31, 2022 | December 20, 2022 | DOJ-2041766 | Civil Rights |
The is a letter to all state attorneys general reminding them of legal provisions that protect transgender youth against discrimination, including when those youth seek gender-affirming care. The letter advises states that laws and policies that prevent individuals from receiving gender-affirming medical care may infringe on federal constitutional protections under the Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | Open Letter to All Federal Firearms Licensees - Forced Reset Triggers (FRTs) (2022L-02) | March 22, 2022 | March 25, 2022 | DOJ-1980806 | Firearms |
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) recently examined devices commonly known as “forced reset triggers” (FRTs) and has determined that some of them are “firearms” and “machineguns” as defined in the National Firearms Act (NFA), and “machineguns” as defined in the Gun Control Act (GCA). |
Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights - Disability Rights Section | Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADA | March 18, 2022 | August 1, 2022 | DOJ-1989491 | Civil Rights |
This guidance describes how state and local governments and businesses open to the public can make sure that their websites are accessible to people with disabilities as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). |
Diversion Control Program (DEA) | DEA Chemical Handler's Manual | March 1, 2022 | March 1, 2022 | DEA-DC-54 | General |
This manual was prepared by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Diversion Control Division, to assist those persons who handle scheduled listed chemical products and List I and II chemicals in understanding the Federal Controlled Substances Act and its implementing regulations as they pertain to regulated chemicals. |
Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights - Housing and Civil Enforcement Section | Interagency Statement on Special Purpose Credit Programs Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B | February 22, 2022 | December 20, 2022 | DOJ-2041771 | Civil Rights |
This document is an interagency statement (with HUD, CFPB, and FHFA) regarding special purpose credit programs (SPCP) under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), and its implementing regulation, Regulation B. The statement reminds creditors of their ability to establish SPCPs to better meet the needs of underserved communities. The statement also calls attention to recent HUD guidance on SPCPs. |
Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights - Disability Rights Section | Ballot Drop Box Accessibility The Americans with Disabilities Act | February 15, 2022 | December 20, 2022 | DOJ-2041596 | Civil Rights |
This guidance document addresses how election officials can ensure that ballot drop boxes are accessible to voters with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act. |
Civil Rights Division | Report on Lawful Uses of Race and Sex in Federal Contracting Programs | January 20, 2022 | January 20, 2022 | DOJ-1914181 | Civil Rights |
This document is an updated summary report on the legal and evidentiary frameworks that justify the continued use of race or sex, in appropriate circumstances, by federal agencies to remedy the current and lingering effects of discrimination in federal contracting programs. Read the Federal Register notice. |
Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights - Disability Rights Section | COVID Q&A on Visitors | January 4, 2022 | August 1, 2022 | DOJ-1989476 | Civil Rights |
This Q&A addresses the intersection of heath care entities’ COVID-19 era “visitor” policies and their intersection with the entities’ existing ADA obligations. |
Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights - Disability Rights Section | COVID Q&A on Streateries | January 4, 2022 | August 1, 2022 | DOJ-1989486 | Civil Rights |
This Q&A addresses the Americans with Disabilities Act’s application to the many outdoor restaurants and retail spaces established due to COVID-19. |
Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights - Housing and Civil Enforcement Section | Justice Department and CFPB Put Landlords and Mortgage Servicers on Notice About Servicemembers’ and Veterans’ Rights | December 20, 2021 | December 20, 2022 | DOJ-2041666 | Civil Rights, Servicemembers Initiative |
This document (isused jointly with CFPB) consists of two different letters. One letter was sent to landlords and other housing providers regarding housing protections for military tenants under the SCRA. A second letter was sent to mortgage servicers regarding protections military borrowers under the SCRA, and under the CARES Act for those who have already exited or will be exiting COVID-19 mortgage forbearance programs. |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | Open Letter to All Federal Explosives Licensees and Permittees - e-Nicotine Delivery Systems (2021L-17) | October 21, 2021 | October 29, 2021 | DOJ-1980811 | Alcohol & Tobacco |
The purpose of this letter is to provide all federal explosives licensees and permittees guidance on the safe storage of explosive materials. Electronic nicotine delivery systems, or other similar devices, are electronic devices that, through an aerosolized solution, deliver nicotine, flavor, and/or other substances (including non-tobacco products) to the user inhaling from the device. |
Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights - Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights - Educational Opportunities Section | Supporting and Protecting the Rights of Students at Risk of Self-Harm in the Era of COVID-19 | October 13, 2021 | September 8, 2022 | DOJ-2004186 | Civil Rights |
This fact sheet, issued jointly with the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education, provides information about federal civil rights laws that protect students with mental health disabilities at risk of self-harm in the era of COVID-19. |
U.S. Trustee Program | Email Concerning Emergency Rental Assistance Programs | October 5, 2021 | October 5, 2021 | UST-1878776 | Credit Counseling & Debtor Education (Bankruptcy) |
Email to credit counseling agencies and debtor education providers concerning Emergency Rental Assistance Programs |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | Explosives Industry Newsletter - October 2021 | October 5, 2021 | October 5, 2021 | DOJ-2040781 | Explosives |
What's in this Issue?: New Assistant Director and Deputy Assistant Director, Enforcement Programs and Services; FEID Personnel Changes, Updated Form for Explosives Theft or Loss; Articles Pyrotechnic Exemption; Overview of IMESAFR; Reporting Employee Possessors; and more. |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | Explosives Industry Newsletter - October 2021 | October 1, 2021 | October 5, 2021 | DOJ-1981046 | Explosives |
What's in this Issue?: New Assistant Director and Deputy Assistant Director, Enforcement Programs and Services; FEID Personnel Changes, Updated Form for Explosives Theft or Loss; Articles Pyrotechnic Exemption; and more. |
U.S. Trustee Program | Remote Quality of Service Review of Credit Counseling Agencies | September 28, 2021 | September 28, 2021 | UST-1875836 | Credit Counseling & Debtor Education (Bankruptcy) |
Template letter explaining process and documentation requested for remote quality of service reviews of approved credit counseling agencies |
Antitrust Division | Antitrust Guidance—Hurricane Ida | September 14, 2021 | September 14, 2021 | ATR-1884361 | Antitrust, Disaster Fraud |
The guidance is intended to help businesses understand how they can work together to rebuild affected communities without violating the antitrust laws. |
Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights - Voting Section | Guidance under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, for redistricting and methods of electing government bodies | September 1, 2021 | December 20, 2022 | DOJ-2041706 | Civil Rights |
This document discusses how the department will conduct its review of these redistricting plans and methods of electing governmental bodies to evaluate compliance with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The guidance document also describes how the department applies well-established case law while investigating and bringing enforcement actions under Section 2. |
Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights - Educational Opportunities Section | Confronting Discrimination Based on National Origin and Immigration Status | August 19, 2021 | December 20, 2022 | DOJ-2041746 | Civil Rights |
This document (issued jointly with ED-OCR) is an updated resource for families and educators on confronting discrimination based on national origin and immigration status. It recognizes that children sometimes face barriers to enrolling or participating in school because of limited English proficiency or because they or their parents or guardians are not U.S. citizens or lack immigration documentation. |
Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights - Voting Section | Guidance Concerning Federal Statutes Affecting Methods of Voting | July 28, 2021 | December 20, 2022 | DOJ-2041681 | Civil Rights |
This document provides guidance regarding federal statutes the Department enforces related to voting by mail, absentee voting, and voting in person. |
Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights - Voting Section | Federal Law Constraints on Post-Election “Audits” | July 28, 2021 | December 20, 2022 | DOJ-2041696 | Civil Rights |
This document provides information on the requirements federal law imposes on state and local governments and election officials to preserve and retain election records and the criminal penalties associated with the willful failure to comply with those requirements. This guidance document also details the statutes that prohibit the intimidation of voters and the department’s commitment to act if any person engages in actions that violate the law. |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | Colorado - July 2021 - Open Letter - House Bill 21-1298 (HB1298) | July 26, 2021 | July 30, 2021 | DOJ-1980831 | Firearms |
The purpose of this letter is to provide guidance on your obligations as a federal firearms licensee (FFL) in Colorado. The following guidance is intended to assist you in accomplishing this goal. |